CPC Main Group Additional Only
Y10S 131/00 Tobacco
Filing statistics
CPC Y10S 131/00 belongs to the parent subclass Y10S, which recorded 68,800 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 13,876 in 2013 to 1,199 in 2023 (-91%). The most active applicants in class Y10 are BOEING COMPANY (2,373 applications), FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES (2,244 applications) and HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (2,186 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
12 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- Y10S 131/01 Pipe literature
- Y10S 131/90 Liquified gas employed in puffing tobacco
- Y10S 131/901 Organic liquid employed in puffing tobacco
- Y10S 131/902 Inorganic chemical agents employed in puffing tobacco
- Y10S 131/903 Fixing the product after puffing
- Y10S 131/904 Pneumatic means for sensing condition or characteristic
- Y10S 131/905 Radiation source for sensing condition or characteristic
- Y10S 131/906 Sensing condition or characteristic of continuous tobacco rod
- Y10S 131/907 Ejection or rejection of finished article due to detected or sensed condition
- Y10S 131/908 Sensing unique characteristic or specific condition of finished product
- Y10S 131/909 Sensing condition in feed hopper for cigar or cigarette making
- Y10S 131/91 Sensing or detecting malfunction in cigar or cigarette maker
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class Y10, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- BOEING COMPANY US 2,373
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,244
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 2,186
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 1,997
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 1,837
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,794
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,705
- CORNING US 1,569
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1,403
- LG CHEM KR 1,364